The Present Age

The Present Age

Generating outrage bait? Super easy! Barely an inconvenience!

Ryan George's latest YouTube video has a funny take on a frustrating problem.

Parker Molloy's avatar
Parker Molloy
Jul 07, 2022
∙ Paid
37
3
Share

I’ve written a lot about how frustrated I get when I see articles built entirely around a handful of tweets. These stories are often framed with headlines like, “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is Deemed ‘Racist'“ (The National Review, 2018, made up entirely out of 4 tweets that were clearly joking about how during the dinner scene, Franklin, a Black chara…

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to The Present Age to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Parker Molloy
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture